Which Beatle did Frank Sinatra sing for?
Of all the women who married a Beatle, Maureen Starkey came closest to fulfilling the job description as seen my the average fan. Not mildly posh (Cynthia, Patty) or intimidatingly foreign (Linda and Yoko) she seemed to have risen from the ranks of the fans.
While the future Mrs Ono-Lennon claimed to have somehow missed Beatlemania, Maureen had been there from the outset - and had the bruised shins from rivals to prove it. If the dream was to to be serenaded by a Fab -then she was living it.
Only that was never the deal Chez Starkey. Though well suited in fundamental respects, their record collections were mutually exclusive. Ringo was rock and roll man - with a long standing sideline in country and western. Maureen was much more old school - a lover of crooners
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It is true that her modernist musical set - John Cage and company - were not believed to be first first in line at Shea Stadium. It's harder to believe that she could have escaped every radio station in New York blasting out the Fab Four.
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